What To Do with Old Textbooks?

As more schools go digital, what happens to all of the old textbooks? Accordingto a new study by the National Wildlife Federation, almost 40 percent of K-12and higher education schools are storing or throwing away textbooks.

As more schools go digital, what happens to all of the old textbooks? Accordingto a new study by the National Wildlife Federation, almost 40 percent of K-12and higher education schools are storing or throwing away textbooks.

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As more schools go digital, what happens to all of the old textbooks? According to a new study by the National Wildlife Federation, almost 40 percent of K-12 and higher education schools are storing or throwing away textbooks. These statistics inspired a new collaborative project to study textbook recycling by the National Wildlife Federation, McGraw-Hill, and NewPage Corporation. The intent of the report is to highlight the life cycle of textbooks and to provide recommendations on how to establish textbook recycling programs in schools and communities.

That students will eventually use computers in place of traditional textbooks is almost certain. Just watch the eight-year-old children at your local elementary school pulling their backpacks (now on wheels). This makes no sense. This year, my son, a high school sophomore, was able to choose between bringing home a

Project Tomorrow’s latest Speak Up survey, released in March, shows an increased desire among students to ditch the papyrus. Currently, 29 percent of middle and high school students say that they are using some kind of online textbook or online